Maya drifted back and forth, from reality to her imagination. One moment she was back at the monastery with the monks on her home world Athenas, next she heard the mad psycho who almost killed her arguing with himself.

"IT WAS THE GLOWING GLOWINESS!" He roared, punching a hyperion crate in angry and frustration. He stopped punching for a moment then groaned.

"HHNNNGGGG….I'LL SWALLOW DEATH FIRST!" And with that slams his head against the wall creating quite the sizable dent in the wall.

As he argued with himself Maya noticed her Maliwan lying just a couple of feet away from her. Slowly she crawled off the bed, silently moving towards the gun. Without skipping a beat Krieg turned around to face Maya.

"And where do ya think you're going?"

Maya didn't waste her time, she grabbed her gun, cocked it back, aimed, and pulled the trigger. Instead of the sound of energy being fired, the clicking noise of an empty mag filled the room.

(Oh shit…) He moved in for the kill, she dropped the gun slowly backing away. Eyes frantic searching for a way out, he stretched his arms out towards her, and with total silence embraced her.

"wait….wah?" Maya was completely confused now.

(First he tries to kill me….and now he's giving me a hug? What the hell is going on….)

Then he spoke.

"I…please forgive my actions…" His voice was now totally unlike what she heard before, his voice was soft and full of guilt and sadness…Before it was more full of hate, anger, and simple primal rage.

"What the hell are you?" I asked. He slowly loosened his grip on me and walked back to the overturned table. Flipping it back he motioned towards the bench. As I sat down I had no idea what he was going to do. I noticed he was tensioning up, like he was bracing for a punch or something. Looking into his eye I saw a war waging on, as if….as if I was a spectator in some war watching each side fight to the death. Finally the look disappeared and he stared back at me.

"Sorry…I've got a lot to explain…" I slowly nodded my head

"Ahhh… well, first off my name is Krieg, and second I'm an escaped hyperion experiment." Those words took some time for it to sink into my head.

"Wait…you're that escaped psycho experiment that's been all over the ECHO broadcasts?!" Krieg nodded like it was nothing out of the norm.

"Yep…And also gotta sa—SHUT YER MEAT HOLE!" He slammed his hands on the table with an intense force. Then in an instant he became calm again.

"What the fuck was that?" Now I was definitely scared of him

"Sorry…sorry, uh…shit, I don't have much time left to explain, but as I was experimented on…" he struggled with his next words

"When I was experimented on…fuck…I was the only one in my head…I'm…I'm like two sides of a coin…Please forgive this idiot…he just doesn't know how to fully….HNNNG…fully express himself…And…And for the record…SHUT UP!...Urghh..i gotta say this quickly…He's got some feelings for ya…URRGGHHH! SHUT! SHUDDAP!" he repeatedly smashed his head into the table.

This was getting out of control (Okay…great I'm stuck with an experimented psycho with a total innocent guy whose stuck in his own head, dealing with a blood thirsty maniac on the outside…great…)

"Ok…I'm just gonna go out for some air…kay?" I tried to word the question as cautious as possible. Krieg nodded, but as I walked out he followed behind, a step within my shadow.

Hello, my dear readers! Deep, deep apologizes to all of you who've been waiting for so long! I've got the next chapter coming up soon in a week and a half so stay tuned! I haven't been able to spend time on this as school is right now kicking my ass but i'll keep you all posted!